An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Trabant

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Trabant
Friedrich Kluge2613829An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — Trabant1891John Francis Davis

Trabant, m., ‘gentleman-at-arms, life-guardsman,’ is a derivative of traben, with a Rom. partic. suffix, Comp. Lappalien.